Currently, Victoria Evatrice was lying down stunned inside her room.
She regained her consciousness not too long ago.
â...â
Of course, even though she had just regained consciousness, she could remember everything clearly.
In a daze, she touched her lips.
J-Just nowâŚ
W-What did I do, with these lips�
â...â
The scene of the event from before was playing behind her eyes that she directed toward the ceilings.
To be exact, the unbelievable scene where she begged Dowd Campbell to not abandon her while looking as if she was out of her mind.
Then, she⌠To that manâs handâŚ
â...â
AhâŚ
T-That wasâŚ
â...!â
Her eyes widened.
She could feel her face heat upâan unusual thing for her since she rarely expressed her emotions.
â...What kind of trick did that man pull on meâ!â
She muttered as such, butâŚ
Her cool-headed judgment denied her words almost instantly.
After all, she didnât get her Grand Assassin Title by playing around. She was confident that she was familiar with all kinds of Mental Intrusion Spell.
And from her experience in that regardâŚ
She could tell that the man didnât pull any tricks on her.
Well, he actually did something, but it wasnât something that could control her actions and âforcefullyâ bring her into submission.
At best, it was just something that could make her more âhonestâ.
â...Eek.â
Before she realized it, she let out such a sound.
T-That meansâŚ
I-IfâŚ
A-A similar situation were to happen againâŚ
A-Am I going to do that again�
â...EeeekâŚâ
Even when she tried to look back on itâŚ
She didnât feel disgusted, unpleasant or even a little bit of shame.
On the contrary, she felt satisfaction and pleasure from deep downâ
âEek, eeekâŚ!â
Her blush grew even deeper as she began to clench her teeth and punch her pillow.
Though she knew that the pillow had just been innocently serving its owner and didnât deserve to be treated this way, her rage didnât show any sign of subsiding.
At that moment, she could remember someone similar to aâŚsageâŚonce said that the most frustrating thing in the world was when something bad happened and one couldnât blame it on other people.
Because oneself was the only one to blame.
Who knows if that could be applied to Victoria, but the fact that she did such a shameful thing while putting aside her ferocious desire to kill her sister âwillinglyâ still wouldnât change.
â...I swear, I'll teach him a lessonâŚâ freewŃbnoνel.com
She didnât know how sheâd do it or whatâd she do to himâŚ
But what she knew was that, if she didnât at least say something like that, sheâd definitely go insane.
âDowd CampbellâŚ! I swear, Iâm gonna teach you a lessonâŚ!â
That furious shoutâwhich was filled with a very strong feeling of grudge and no-less strong feeling of shameâof the young Beastkin girl echoed through the room.
â
[You know, Iâve been thinkingâŚ]
âYeah?â
The next morning.
When I was wiping my fingers, which were slightly swollen after those punks licked it so much, a certain someoneâs voice suddenly echoed in my ears.
[Those things happened, sure, but in the end, you still didnât kill her, right?]
â...â
[That means, the match is still going onâŚ]
AhâŚ
Is it though�
[I mean, your thing about how youâre going to kill her with pleasure or something is just pure bullâ]
âNo, wait, let me explain! You see, my plan was to massage her to the best of my abilities and make her say something like âAt this rate, I might dieâŚâ and make that count!â
[...]
âNo need to worry if it makes sense or not! As long as I push it, itâll work out! âŚMaybeâŚâ
Well, if Victoria didnât like that, Iâd just blame her for not specifying the âdyingâ part.
Anyway!
âShe wonât pounce at Seras recklessly from now on, so that should be enough for now!â
Since she had been humiliated once, sheâd try to examine the situation from a distance for the time being instead of just charging towards Seras like she previously did.
After all, that girl was even more cautious than I was. If she wanted to do something, sheâd prioritize safety over everything else.
âŚThatâs why it would be okay if I were to make a more dramatic preparation later.
When I saw those two meet each other, I noticed something rather quickly.
The gap between those two was further than I thought.
Even though both of them were influenced by the Devilâs Fragments, it was still outrageous that the younger one would âactuallyâ pounce on her older sister like that.
I thought their relationship was a simple love-and-hate relationship at best, but it was clear that it was worse than that.
[So, what are you going to do?]
âI need to arrange for a reconciliation between those two.â
That was my new goal; To make those two reconcile by Elfanteâs School Festival.
It would be hard for me to pay attention to them after the school festival since by that point, weâd be entering the Main Quest, The Empireâs Great Turmoil.
Considering that the System Message said that both of them would be key figures in the Main Quest, I couldnât just let their relationship stay like that.
[...But, wonât you have to get along well with both of them first before you could try to get them to reconcile?]
[I mean, if I were that girl, thereâs no way Iâd even think of liking you after what you did.]
Hearing him said so, I furrowed my brows.
Like he said, that was definitely something I had to solve first regardless if it would make my headache worsen or not.
Or so I thoughtâŚ
Before this window popped up.
< System Message >
[ âSkill : Fatal Charmâ activated! ]
[ Targetâs favorability level has been upgraded to âInterest Level 1â! ]
[ Rewards available! ]
[ Target-related events will occur soon! ]
â...â
It had been a while since Iâve seen this window, so I unknowingly blinked my eyes.
Well, actually, rather than it had been a while since it appearedâŚ
It was more like I just stopped caring about such a window since the time it appeared before my eyes were too many to count.
Anyway, the surprising part about the window was the last sentence.
âRelated eventâ. In other wordsâŚ
â...Thereâs still another woman I have to seduce?â
[...You sounded like an actual playboy when you said that.]
I let Calibanâs words go in one ear and out the other as I looked at the window before my eyes.
â...How many of them are left againâŚ?â
[So, the blue one, the red one, Her Imperial Majesty the Empress and the Lady.]
â...â
All of them were terrifying women.
Especially the last one since I couldnât even guess what she would do to me.
ButâŚ
âIt should be fine. Everythingâs gonna work out somehowâŚâ
I mean, Iâve gone through shit like this countless times by now.
Me surviving so far was the testament of my ability and the basis of my confidence that Iâd be able to get through all the hurdles Iâd face in the future.
[You know, Iâve been thinking about something these days.]
âWhat?â
[I think I began to understand why the Headmistress encouraged you to create a harem.]
â...What exactly did you understand?â
Was he just trying to diss me over the fact that all those evil-natured women were head over heels for me�
Or was there something elseâ?
[World peace⌠You can achieve it with your lower bodyâŚ]
â...â
[Iâm not joking here, give my sentence some thoughtsâ]
âShut the fuck up.â
I snapped at him as I finished getting ready to leave.
My body felt a little tense.
Even if I managed to put off Serasâ and Victoriaâs âmatchâ until the School Festival, it wasnât so for the rest of them. I wouldnât know when theyâd come to challenge me, so I had to keep my guard up at all times.
I left the room with that thought in mind and as soon as I took a step outsideâŚ
Someone I was very uncomfortable with approached me.
âOh my, Senior!â
â...â
âYou⌠Um, I⌠Uh, follow me!â
That wasnât how youâd talk to a senior, Your Imperial Majesty the EmpressâŚ
I almost said those words out loud, but I suppressed the urge and let myself get dragged away by the wrist by her. Her face was full of smiles for some reason.
âWait, Your Impâ!â
âCecil.â
â...Pardon me?â
âCall me Cecil. Iâm just a commoner who somehow managed to save some money to get enrolled at Elfante, after all.â
â...â
What the hell was she on about?
I wanted to ask her that, but I shut my mouth due to how serious she looked when she said that.
Even though her smile hadnât left her lips, it felt like sheâd split my head right here and then if I were to mess with this âconceptâ.
â...Alright, Cecil.â
âI came here to tell you the content of our match!â
Upon hearing that, my expression also turned slightly serious.
âŚHuh, come to think of itâŚ
I havenât heard her âreal purposeâ to join our club.
Like, she even made up such a lame concept so suddenly while infiltrating the Academy like this. She definitely has a hidden agenda or something.
âNo need to worry, I wonât try to risk my life and pounce on you just to win against you. Rather than that⌠I just want to enjoy this moment~â
âSo, um⌠Where are we going?â
âTo a place where the referee who could give a biased judgment towards me is waiting~â
â...â
I thought you said you want to enjoy the moment�
Youâre still thinking about winning, though?!
âWell, if I were to lose the match and have to hopelessly obey you, I wouldnât be able to do half of the things I wanted to do.â
â...â
âSo, canât you just let yourself be defeated by me?â
â...Please let me hear what the match it first, Your Impââ
When I saw her glaring at me, I immediately changed my words.
â...Cecil.â
Hearing that, Her Imperial Majesty smiled.
Anyway, the place she was taking me to was the Advisorâs office. Originally, Percy, the one who was in charge of advising our club, shouldâve been there.
Is she the so-called referee?
As I thought so while letting out a sigh inwardly, Her Imperial Majesty the Empress entered the office without hesitation.
At that momentâŚ
Both Her Imperial Majesty the Empress and I froze at the same time.
âWelcome, student Dowd, âstudentâ Cecil.â
A certain someone greeted us from inside, emphasizing on the second âstudentâ as if trying to say, âStop doing something so ridiculousâ.
After seeing this person, Her Imperial Majesty the Empressâ expressionâwhich had been full of smilesâstiffened up.
â...Chancellor Sullivan. What brings you here?â
âOh my. Chancellor? Iâm not sure I can follow you.â
Sullivan, who had added a bright brooch and a headband on her silken blond hair, said as such while smiling widely.
It was such a hopelessly cheerful style, to the point that it looked ridiculous, considering her age and all.
But, she just fluttered her hairâas if trying to show offâwhile grinning.
âMy name is Sulli. Iâm a new teacher here.â
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â...â
âAs of today, Iâll be the one in charge of advising the Exorcism Club. I look forward to your cooperation.â
At that moment, Her Imperial Majestyâno, Cecilâs face, turned into a frown, as if she had just seen something that disgusted her.
It was as if she had seen a cockroach crawling out of her lunch or something.
â...Have some semblance of honor and dignity, Sullivan. Youâre being ridiculous.â
â...Says you. How could the Empireâs stateswoman run all the way here to hide from her duties, hm?â
âThis isnât about me, itâs about you. Seriously, Sulli? What a disgusting name. I just want to entertain myself for a bit, why canât you just cooperateâ?!â
âIf this entertainment of yours didnât include that man, I wouldnât have caredâ!â
As the two women kept on exchanging harsh words in front of me while sending each other vicious gazes, something suddenly came to my mind.
So, uhâŚ
Is this what people call a mirroring treatment?
[I donât know. /genesisforsaken